Assistant HR Manager & Recruitment Lead at Utkarsh Global Foundation (2024-11 – 2025-09)
Led pan-India recruitment programs and served as dedicated HRBP for CSR and Education verticals with focus on talent acquisition, employer branding, and HR digitalization.
- Talent Acquisition Leadership: Led pan-India recruitment programs and completely redesigned hiring processes — reducing candidate drop-off by 35% and significantly improving funnel conversion rates across all verticals.
- Employer Branding: Developed and executed EVP campaigns across LinkedIn and Naukri, achieving a 50% increase in candidate engagement and employer brand visibility at the national level.
- HR Business Partnering: Served as dedicated HRBP for CSR and Education verticals; collaborated with senior leadership on talent strategy, workforce planning, and organizational restructuring.
- HRMS Digitalization: Spearheaded implementation of Zoho HRMS automation, cutting HR turnaround time by 40% and eliminating manual bottlenecks across recruitment and onboarding cycles.
- Career Frameworks: Designed internal mobility and career progression frameworks that improved role fill rates and reduced attrition in critical functions.
- Candidate Experience: Standardized and elevated candidate experience frameworks across all stages — achieving an industry-leading satisfaction rating of 4.7/5.
Assistant HR Manager at Habitat for Humanity India (2023-09 – 2024-09)
Designed and deployed diversity, equity, and inclusion-driven recruitment strategies and led multiple HR initiatives across pan-India operations.
- DEI Recruitment: Designed and deployed diversity, equity, and inclusion-driven recruitment strategies across urban and rural geographies — building diverse candidate pipelines aligned with global DEI commitments.
- Campus Hiring: Launched and led structured campus hiring programs with 10+ universities and premier B-schools, establishing early talent pipelines for future organizational growth.
- Global Talent Mobility: Collaborated with international teams across APAC and South Asia to facilitate cross-border placements and talent sharing initiatives.
- Onboarding Transformation: Redesigned the onboarding journey by integrating structured learning paths and mentorship programs, accelerating new-hire productivity by an estimated 25%.
- Compliance & POSH: Actively contributed to POSH committee operations across 15+ locations — ensuring full legal compliance and fostering a safe, inclusive workplace culture.
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Now100 Solutions (2022-03 – 2023-02)
Managed full-cycle recruitment across multiple verticals and led recruitment marketing and employer branding initiatives.
- Full-Cycle Recruitment: Successfully delivered 50+ hires across IT, BFSI, healthcare, and engineering verticals, managing the complete hiring lifecycle from sourcing to offer rollout.
- Recruitment Marketing: Designed targeted recruitment marketing campaigns that improved employer visibility and elevated quality-of-hire metrics across all business units.
- Employer Branding: Led employer branding initiatives that strengthened the organization's talent attraction strategy and measurably improved candidate NPS scores.
- Compensation Benchmarking: Conducted market benchmarking exercises to build competitive offer structures — improving offer acceptance rates by approximately 20%.
- Team Development: Trained and coached junior recruiters on advanced sourcing techniques, Boolean search strategies, and stakeholder communication skills.
HR Executive at Mosaic Work Skills Pvt. Ltd. (2015-12 – 2022-01)
Managed end-to-end HR operations including recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, and policy administration across multiple locations with focus on employer branding and workforce growth.
- Employer Branding (Built from Scratch): Designed and executed comprehensive employer branding strategies that increased inbound job applications by 50%+ within the first 18 months.
- HR Operations: Managed end-to-end HR operations including recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, policy administration, and offboarding across multiple locations.
- SOPs & Policy Design: Developed and standardized HR SOPs, onboarding kits, and HR policies to support rapid multi-location expansion.
- Workforce Growth: Planned and executed job fairs, walk-in drives, and university hiring campaigns — directly contributing to 60% total workforce growth over 6 years.
- HR Digitization: Digitized HR documentation and records management systems, significantly improving audit readiness and day-to-day operational efficiency.
